Yao, John
Innova, 2022, CD
Instrument: Trombone
Issue: 28.2
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 74
O’s Notes: Trombonist, producer and composer John Yao leads Triceratops, a quintet with Billy Drewes (a-sax), Jon Irabagon (t-sax), Robert Sabin (b) and Mark Ferber (d). Yao’s music illustrates an adventurous Off-Kilter journey that is creative, edgy and spontaneous. It is incredibly inviting notably on “Quietly”. We also enjoyed “Crosstalk” and “Unfiltered”.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz
